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Today'Cowardice and Cruelty.Kaiser, Go to England.The Puzzled Clams.Don't Understand Buttons.By ARTHUR BRISBANE.Secretary Daniels says truly,"The allied advances are responsible for the offer of peace to Belgium and the proposition of theAustrian Emperor for a conference." "Out of the fullness of the heartthe mouth speaketh."The Kaiser has a heart full anda stomach full of French, English,Italian, and American fightingefficiency, more than sufficient.An explanation of the suddendemand for peace, can also befound in Montaigne's interestinglittle essay which begins:"Cowardice the Mother ofCredty.""I hive often heard it said thatcowardice is the mother of cruelty; and I have found, by experience, that that malicious and inhuman animosity and fierceness isusually accompanied with a feminine weakness. I have seen themost cruel people, and upon veryfrivolous occasions, very apt tocry."The Kaiser was a gory,dashing, defiant "world conqueror" while he was running overweak Belgium and taking theFrench by surprise through histreachery. He and the AustrianEmperor are weeping in chorusand in public now. What Montaigne wrote in the sixteenthcentury, is nicely illustrated inBerlin sad Vienna today.On Tuesday, from London, arumor came that the Kaiser hadabdicated on behalf of himselfand the whole Hohenrollern brood.This morning the WashingtonPost printed another rumor, whichcame, presumably, by AssociatedPress: "The Kaiser has suffereda nervous breakdown and is verydespondent"Whether he abdicates, or blowshis brains out, as has been predicted, leaving his precious sonto face the music, it Is certainthat cowardice based on cruelty,and cruelty based on cowardiceare illustrated in the bragging offour years ago and the whiningof today.The safest thing that the imperial gentleman could do wouldbe to take his entire family, land,on the English coast," and' throwhimself on the mercy of the English. Bis mother was the daughter ofan English King. The Englishdo not murder their enemies orkill defenseless men.The Kaiser might live safely inEngland, where the family of Napoleon Third were received, or hemight face a trial for murder. Ifthe Prussians keep him at home,they will eventually do to himwhat he did to so many unfortunate, courageous Belgian andFrench women and children.A gentleman who says he is anatheist asks:"How can you write editorialsabout a merciful God? Does yourreligion help you to understandthe horribIe.world war. these murders, unnecessary deaths, etc.,etc.?"The inquiring atheist Is referredto the fresh water clams, so called,mussels that live in the nice mudof Western riversThe shells of these clams arenow shipped in carloads to button factories. They sell for fiftydollars a ton, and used to beworth only sixteen dollars beforethe war started.The atheistic gentleman willadmit that soft water clams arecontrolled by a wise, higherpower, namely, Man.Now that mussel shells areworth fifty dollars per ton, theyare hunted more industriouslythan ever. Millions of them havetheir lives suddenly ended as theyare hauled up with dredges, left inthe sun to rot and dry. Theirhomes, the shells on their backs,are sent away to be manufacturedinto buttons for human clothing.An atheistic clam probablywould aslc, "How can you talk'about wise men managing everythinjr n th's nlce mud?Can the man of which you speakin any way explain the fact thatwe are dug out of the mud, millions of us, exposed to crueldeath, the houses on our back,useless to anybody except ourselves, carried away."The soft water clams could notbe made to understand why it isthat man makes his little houseinto mother-of-pearl buttons.Clams can't understand buttons orclothes.Human facings cannot understand the war, the suffering, thepurposes that direct and controlthis world.But they need not necessarilydeny the existence of a Supremointelligence, just as the clamswould not deny if they knewmore the existence of an intelligent being that knows what todo with dim nooses.WEATHER:Unsettled tonight andThursdays probably rain.Temperature at 8 a. ni.,37 degree! normal ternperature on September18 for last 30 year, findegrees.number 10.054. tYANKS. FRENCH AND BRITISHSMASH FOE ON THREE FRONTSmmI, N. C,ASHEVILLE, N. C, Sept. 18.John Early is held underquarantine at Tryon, N. C. Herefuses to return to Washington.John R. Early, the leper, who escaped from his prison-cottage on theEastern Branch early Monday morning, was captured today as he wasleaving a train at Tryon, N. C, hisnative city.Inspector Clifford Grant, Chief ofDetectives, was notified of Early'scapture by a telegram from MarshallWebb, of Ashcville, N. C.Telegrams Exchanged.The telegram read:"Leper. John Early, captured atTryon. X. C. Authorities anxious toget rid of htm. Wire instructions,quick!"Inspector Grant Immediately conferred with Dr. William a Fowlerchief of the. District Health Department, and the following:" telegram wasI sent to the Ashevillc authorities:"We understand ' leper. John R.Early, born In Tryon, N. C, caugh'.lie Is not a native of WashingtonDropped in here ten years ago. Sincethen we have cared for him. HealthDepartment refuses to send forEarly, claiming as long as he is anatlvo of North Carolina, and he hasbeen caught there. State authoritiesshould care for him. Many thanksfor information."Seen At Union Station.Early, the police believe, le.'tWashington Monday night He wasseen Monday morning by a joun'woman clerk in the Christian! drugshop in the east end of the UnionStation. He asked for a box ofsalve, and when told it was not keptin stock, left Detective SergeanScrivener said he learned from agatekeeper at the station that a matanswering Early's description passedthrough the gate to get a train forthe South Monday eveningDr. Fowler, chief of the DistrictHealth Department, wa; particularlyanxious that residents or Washington keep on the lookout for theleper. While Or Fowler believedthere was a chance of Ear!s returning to his home, he felt that hemight return voluntarily to Washington and surrenderSince it has been found that Earlyreturned to 'Sis nstiie city. Dr.Fowler believes he should be caredtor there, where he has relatives andothers interested in him.70 INFLUENZA DEATHS IBOSTON". Sept. JS - Influenza andpneumonia caused more than seventydeaths in New England mtnin thetwenty-four hours ended last nightIn Boston there were thirty-fivedeaths from influenza, Including threenaval men, snd twenty-sevrn frompneumonia. In Brockton and nearbytowns, where the shoe fa-tori's havbeen badly crippled by the spread ofthe disease, twelve drat lis from influenza were reported.CAPTUREDIVAIT!i"ilS5Fi TilShe Ttetata- trra.'us.sma'Pershing Promises toSend Lloyd GeorgeMore Good MedicineLONDON'. Sept. IS. GeneralPershing, replying to PremierLloyd George's telegram of congratulations on the St. Mihiel victory, said the American armywould "endeavor to continue supplying the premier with occasional doses of the same sort ofmedicine."Lloyd George, who dictated themessage to Pershing while ill Inbed. said the success of Pershingwas better than any of the othermedicines he had taken.)Beginning the latter part of thismonth, men will be drafted for thenavy and marine corps as well as forthe army. Provost Marshal Genera!Crowder announced today.Calls for the navy probably will beannounced the end of September orthe first of October, and mailnccorinBcalls also wilt be issued within" fw-weeks.This ettenslon of the draft means,.the permanent abolishment of voluntary enlistment in all branches, andincidentally .places In the hands of theWar Department the entire work ofmanning the nation's defense arms.Calls for the navy and marineswill be made exactly like those forthe army. A distinctive arm bandwill be provided for men inducted under navy calls, bearing the littersU. S X." In selecting men for thenavy, the present physical standardsof the army will apply, with the following exceptions.No vcnereals. no color-blind men.no man with a vision minus glassesof less than 15-20 In either eye. noman with transmissible skin diseases.and no man over seventy-four Inchesin height shall be forwarded"LET US ALONE." ISE"T'11 the Serretan (of the y)we have exerythins we need overhere, that ever thing is runningsmoothly, and for Cod's sake io let usalone 'This was the message Admiral Hodman, of the American naval Torres,co-operating with the Itrilish. sent loSecretary Daniels through SenatorThompson of Kan'as. Thompson saidtoday In the Senate.Hodman's remarkable message wasclen in response to an offer byThompson to cone the wiihe ofthe American naval force-, lo theNavy Department and to Congress.Thompson, speaking on his recenttrip to France and England, tlerlsredthe Cerman submarine, no longer amenace, ha Become merely an a-noanceTO DRAFT INfor mmAND NAVYIANI AI.. (Cryrlhl, till. r)Mn Trlhuwn, ,tWashington, Wednesday evening,IER. E.URGEDBYWARFARHMLABOR BOM ST. JThe National War Labor Hoard today urged upon the District PublicUtilities Commission the "pressingneed" for Increased tares for theWashington Railway and ElectricICompany.P'The War Labor Board, through Itsjoint cnalrmen, Former iTesiuemTaft and Frank P. Walsh, cited therecent agreement for a higher wage1 scale for the street railway workersas a reason for granting higherfares. RSame Arguments.The communication set forth thesame arguments as -have been madeby the board in urging the grantingof increased revenues fo- rompanlesin other cities where wages havebeen materially increased by officialdecision, pie letter follows:"We beg'.nerewlth to transmit twocommunications from the Woshlngtoru.Railjv.aV and Electric, Company toyWjrJ- board These- Communicationsshow that in deference to our rulingas arbitrators under the NationalWar Labor Hoard, this company,which now pays its men rates perhour aryinc from 32 cents to 3Scents on a scale effective June 21.191N uhich itself was an Increasefrom a rate of 21 cents to SO cents anhour, has Increased Its rates to accordwith our rulings In the Chicago. Detroit, and Cleveland cases to a ratevarying from 1" cents to 48 cents anhour.Operating f'oat I.arrer."That this will involve a very largeincrease in the operating cost Isshown by the figures submitted bythe ompany, and Indeed goes withoutsaying."We feel that .- tills reult has!been attained by an acquiescence bythis "'ompany in our rulings in othercases, this company is entitled to therecommendation to your board whichwe gave to the street railway companies of Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland as follow."We hac recommended to thePresident that special Congressionallegislation be enacted to enable some(Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)EFWilli virtually no opposition, thochief provisions for war and excessprofits taxation in the SK.Ono.noo.000revenue bill were parsed today bythe House, sitting as a committee ofthe wholeThe provision propose a flat SO percent viar profit" tax. with an altcrnatixe excess profits tax ranging as highas 70 jwr a nt It is t-Mimated that theto provisions would raise t3,3X.00O,00O.APPROVESTAX TEMSItotIN W. DAVIS10 THETJohn W. avis, solicitor generalof the United States, has beenselected uy President Wilson asAmerican ambassador to Great Britain, it was officially announced today. Davis, who Is now en route tqBerne, Switzerland, to confer withGerman representatives on questionsinvolving disposition and exchange ofprisoners, is one of the less widelyknown but most popular officials ofthe Government. He is being accorded an extremely warm receptionin Europef. reports show.Somewhat Like Heading.In many ways Davis poslt'on asUnited States ambassador to Dnglandwill not be unlike that of Lord Reading. British ambassador to the UnitedStates. Both men are legal minds ofwide repute. Davis being recognizedas one of tbe most able 'rfoljcifbrsGeneral the Government ever hashad. Doth Davis and Reading are oftbe so-called "liberal" element inworld politics, and both are of charming personalityIn view of the delicate problemswhich are bound to come out of thewar and the need for studious handling of these situations between theUnited States and Great Britain,Davis' selection carries with it tbeknowledge that he is regarded in ex-(Continued on Page 2, Column S.)TFOR THREE IN BEDComplaint that some women employed in the Government departments arecompelled to sleep three in & bed in anapartment house on Massachusetts avenue. ,ind are required to pay rentalfrom C7.S0 to J.7) a month, was rcceiredtoda by ilhairman Hen Johnson, ofj the House District Committee, in a letj ter which awaited him when he arrivedin me Cll ironi rweiiiut.The letfr gave details of the conditions in which the young women arehoused. It said that in at least onecase three girls slept in one bed,another on a cot In a room which hasbut one window.In spit" of the fn I lint the number of Inmates of the place has beenIncreased. n additional facilities havebeen pro Iiled.ADMIRAL MAYO IN ENGLAND.LONDON. Sept. 18 Admiral HenryT Mayo, of the American navy, accompanied by his Haff. ha arrivedIn I'ngland on a tour of American activities in Kuropean watersNAMED ENVOYAMES$50 A MONTH RENmmSeptember is. i9is.New U. S. Ambassador toGreat BritainJOHN W. DAVIS.West Virginia man, who has been selected by President Wilson to represent this nation at the court of St. James. He has been solicitorof the Department of Justice.ALLIED VICTORIESFORCED FOE PEACEPLEA, SAYS DANIELSAMSTERDAM, Sept, 18. Tbe German press,throwing off its first official restraint, is now openly admitting that the Austrian peace note was the resultof lengthy Austro-German negotiaions.The Budapest correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt says the step was agreed upon by Baron Burian,the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, and AdmiralVon Hiatze, tbe German foreign secretary, during thelatter's visit . to Vienna.ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 18. Austria's peace confer-:once note, Germany's peace offer to Belgium, and the"scream of the Kaiser at Essen" were all due directly to'the Allied-American victories, Secretary Daniels said today(Continued on Pajie Two, Col. Six. 'rcioskgWaD street Prkes.1jxy , it .-I - :.i! saw? iEDSTlprice two cents.BATTLE LINELONDON. Sept. 18 TheBritish have crossed the Hindenburg. line in their new attackat Villeret and at the sugar beetfactory south of Gcuzeaucourt,acccrding to battle front dispatches received here this after-With the Americans smashing forward south of Metz. the French advancing north of the Alsne river,and the allied forces plunging aheadon the Balkan front, the Britishstruck a brand new blow on a 14mile front northwest of' St. Quentiatoday. v '- The new British assault followedA successful attack on Tuesday-Which, put the village of Holnon. Intheir possession. Holrlaa. laonlyTwo' and onfr3talf, piles"'" from. St.Quentin.Yankees Cross Moselle.The Americana have taken andpassed Vendleres. on the Mosellerlvtr. and were almost In Pagny-sur-iMoselle at last reports.Fasny-sur-Moselle la about teamiles southwest of the great Germanfortress of Metz, but is much closerto the double chain of defensiveworks surrounding the city.The French, after a series ot brilliant attacks, have gained a footholdon the western end of the Chamln-des-Dames,the road which lies upontbe strategic line of hills Just, northof the Alsne river.British forces on the Flanders fronthave again extended their positionssouth of La Bassee canal, but had togive a little ground at Moeuvres Inthe face of a German attack whichwas carried out under the protectionof a terrific barrage fire.Moeuvres lies directly west ofCambral, and the Germans in thatzone are making the most desperateefforts to prevent the British turningmovement which has Cambral for ltaobjective.Balkan Blow Succeeding.The new campaign In the BalkansI Is having magnificent results. Frenchand Serbian troops are pounding theI mountain positions of the Bulgariansfti the district east of -Monastlr andhave won ground of the utmost stratI egic Importance.I From their new mountain positionsthe alllea now dominate terrain manymiles In the rear ot the Bulgarians'front lines, and the allied artillerynow can put down a plunging fire directly against the Bulgar defenses.FRENCH ADVANCEIN NEW OFFENSIVEPARIS. Sept. 18. Further progrevs in the French drive between theAlsne and Ailette rivers. In whichenormous losses were Inflicted uponthe Germans, is announced by theFrench war office in the followingcommunique:"Progress has again been made Inthe region of Holman Savy. Prisoners were taken. Another advancehas been made on the plateau north-(Contlnued on Page 2, Column 1.)HELP WANTED FEMALEYOUNG LADYAs TypistSalary SSo.oo to start. '!DOC COLA COMPANY,1222 14th st. N. V.The proprietor of theDoc Cola Co. said he hadmore applicants from theabove ad than he coulduse. 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